Government & Politics

6:18 pm

Mon December 3, 2012

California’s newly-elected legislature is now officially sworn in, and Democrats hold supermajorities in both chambers. But as Ben Adler reports from Sacramento, legislative leaders are making a point of being modest.

The entire Assembly and half the Senate took their oaths on Monday, giving Democrats the power they’ve long craved – the ability to raise taxes. But voters just did that for them, approving Prop 30 last month, and Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg says that’s enough for now: